RIDGECREST — For the first time this season, the Burroughs volleyball team can celebrate a positive result on its home court. The Burros beat Silverado in four sets 25-14, 25-17, 23-25, 25-19 at the Burroughs Barn Tuesday night to continue an undefeated start in league play.

“The girls came in confident tonight and we started off strong at home,” Burros head coach Michele Lazaro said. “That was our goal — start strong at home, show everything we’ve been working on and handle the crowd.”

Burroughs (7-4, 3-0 DSL) took the first two sets in decisive fashion. In both sets, the Burros used an early run to jump in front of Silverado and stayed in front of the Hawks with solid serving.

In the third set, Burroughs built a 20-12 lead and appeared poised to complete the sweep before letting its lead slip away. Silverado narrowed the eight-point gap with a 7-2 run, and rallied from down 23-20 to take the set.

Silverado scored the last five points of the third set, sparked by a run from outside hitter Jasmin Hubbard. Hubbard served aces on three of the last four points, including the set-ender that gave the Hawks momentum headed into the fourth set.

“She served tough, and we let up and lost focus a little bit — I think we thought we had it,” Lazaro said. “It’s a learning curve for us — we have to know that this is varsity and if we let up teams are going to come back on us.”

Burroughs erased an early deficit in the fourth set, and took command with an 11-2 run capped by a pair of kills from outside hitter Allie Sliva. The Burros had a 12-4 lead after that run, and led by at least three points the rest of the way to close out the match.

“We controlled that set pretty well,” Lazaro said. “There were a couple of tough hits by Hubbard — she was going line on us and we knew it. We just needed to stop her or make her make unforced errors.”

Outside hitter Michaela Metcalf had a team-high 19 kills in the victory to go along with 12 digs, seven service points and three aces. Sliva finished with 16 kills, 25 digs and two aces; both hitters paced the team — and each other — throughout the match.

“They come through when they need to, and they are really working on their composure and trying to pick each other up,” Lazaro said.

Setter Chantia Jennings recorded 37 assists and 12 digs. The senior also won 10 service points and served four aces.

“They definitely were trying to go to Chantia as much as they could,” Lazaro said. “She served outstanding and she just worked hard the whole match.”

Page 2 of 2 - Other offensive standouts for Burroughs included middle hitter Megan Smith (11 service points, two aces, four kills) and defensive specialist Laurie Orbita (nine service points, three aces). Defensively, libero Rebecca Floyd had 24 digs and 25 serve receives — the junior has been playing well during the Burros’ recent win streak.

“Rebecca got some really tough digs and she just had the biggest smile on her face — that’s awesome and that’s what you want,” Lazaro said. “She is working hard, reading the hitters and making the right calls.”

With the victory, Burroughs has now won three straight matches to start league play. On Tuesday night, the Burros duplicated the success they had in road victories last week to notch their first home win of the season.

“It’s awesome — as a coach you can’t be happier, but we still can’t take these teams lightly,” Lazaro said. “We’re practicing hard and we’re competing at practice so we can come out here and play to win.”

Burroughs continues DSL play at home on Thursday against Victor Valley at 5:30 p.m. The Burros play their next three matches at the Burroughs Barn.